Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Black Asilidae to ID (Dasypogon sp.?)

Posted by Marcello on 03-07-2015 12:23
#1

Hello,

I need help to ID these two Asilids. I saw the black one to catch a bee, then it flew away and returned with another Asilid, could it be of the same specie? I was thinking about Dasypogon sp. / Dasypogon diadema male and female

29.VI.2015 - North Italy - Verona

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This is the other one, maybe it's the female.

I'm sorry but I was unable to do better shots!

Thanks for the help!

Regards,
Marcello

Edited by Marcello on 03-07-2015 21:05

Posted by Paul Beuk on 03-07-2015 13:32
#2

They apparently belong to two different species, so perhaps better split the thread.

Posted by Marcello on 03-07-2015 20:25
#3

Thanks Paul, the first one (all black) probably is Dasypogon diadema female, the other could be the male.
I posted the photos together because they was always together (flew side by side, and so on for at least twenty minutes)

Marcello

Posted by piros on 03-07-2015 20:42
#4

I believe it is the other way arround: top picture shows a male D. diadema (or something very similar), while tha bottom one a female of the same sp.
Greetings,
Henrik

Posted by Marcello on 03-07-2015 21:06
#5

Yes, male and female of the same specie is what I think too.

The second image now is more clear.

Thanks Henrik!

Regards,
Marcello